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*Due to FOX's Standards and Practices policies at the time, ''Godzilla: The Series'' was unable to show or even mention | *Due to FOX's Standards and Practices policies at the time, ''Godzilla: The Series'' was unable to show or even mention death. As such there are no human fatalities shown in the entire series, while characters refer to slain monsters as "destroyed", rather than "killed." Even monsters could only be destroyed if they were not depicted as sentient.<ref name="SciFi Japan">[http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2006/03/28/godzilla-the-series/ The Ultimate Guide to GODZILLA: The Series]</ref> | ||
**While this is mostly the case, in the episode "[[Shafted]]," there are some petrified and presumably dead miners, and in the episode "[[Future Shock]]", it is implied that a large portion of the human population was wiped out by the [[D.R.A.G.M.A.]]s in an alternate future. | **While this is mostly the case, in the episode "[[Shafted]]," there are some petrified and presumably dead miners, and in the episode "[[Future Shock]]", it is implied that a large portion of the human population was wiped out by the [[D.R.A.G.M.A.]]s in an alternate future. | ||
*A short [[Godzilla: The Series (comic)|webcomic]] based on ''Godzilla: The Series'' was hosted on the show's website. | *A short [[Godzilla: The Series (comic)|webcomic]] based on ''Godzilla: The Series'' was hosted on the show's website. | ||
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Godzilla: The Series (ゴジラ ザ・シリーズ Gojira za Shirīzu) was an animated series co-produced by Adelaide Productions, Centropolis Television, and Columbia TriStar Television as a sequel to the 1998 film GODZILLA. The series follows the film's protagonist Dr. Niko "Nick" Tatopoulos, who discovers the sole surviving offspring of Godzilla in the ruins of Madison Square Garden. The new Godzilla imprints on Nick and quickly grows to adulthood, becoming a loyal ally to both his adopted father and all of mankind when he accompanies Nick and his humanitarian scientific team H.E.A.T. as they travel the world to protect innocent civilians from a host of malevolent mutated creatures. Godzilla: The Series ran for two seasons from September 12, 1998 to April 22, 2000; the first season consisting of 21 episodes and the second of 19, the last two of which were not originally aired on television in North America. Compared to the controversial film on which it was based, Godzilla: The Series was relatively well-received by viewers and fans of the franchise, and maintains a following to this day.
Plot
Immediately following the destruction of Godzilla's nest in Madison Square Garden and the military's extermination of the creature himself at the conclusion of the 1998 film, Dr. Niko "Nick" Tatopoulos receives permission from Colonel Anthony Hicks to survey the ruins of MSG and ensure none of the monster's eggs survived. During his search, Nick comes upon a single surviving egg which hatches into a Baby Godzilla, who imprints on Nick as his parent due to his being covered with amniotic fluid from the other eggs. The infant quickly grows to adulthood, but demonstrates an entirely different personality from his late biological father as well as greater physical strength and resilience and the ability to spit a powerful atomic heat ray. Nick joins forces with colleagues Dr. Elsie Chapman, Dr. Mendel Craven, and Randy Hernandez to form his own research outfit known as H.E.A.T., an acronym for Humanitarian Environmental Analysis Team, with the goal of researching and protecting mankind from the various mutated monsters appearing around the world. French secret service agent Monique Dupre joins H.E.A.T. in order to keep an eye on the new Godzilla, whose loyalty to Nick renders him an important ally to the team on its mission.
Throughout the series, H.E.A.T. travels the globe in order to research and contain the dangerous mutations spawned by nuclear testing and other human activity. Whenever the team is in danger, Nick is able to summon Godzilla to their aid in order to combat their monstrous foes. H.E.A.T. and Godzilla battle a host of original monsters created specifically for the show, such as Crustaceous Rex, the Giant Bat, and King Cobra. While most of the episodes' plots are unconnected, there is a loose sense of continuity throughout the show, with some characters and monsters reappearing following their debut episodes, though some episodes were aired out of chronological order. A recurring human antagonist is Cameron Winter, an eccentric corrupt billionaire and former academic rival of Nick's who is dedicated to ruining Nick and destroying Godzilla. Season 1 includes a trilogy of episodes paying tribute to the film Destroy All Monsters, in which the Leviathan Aliens take control of the mutations of Earth and unleash them across the globe in an effort to destroy human civilization. Godzilla's biological father is revived by the aliens as Cyber Godzilla and used to bring Godzilla himself under their control before he eventually regains his senses and fights back. In one episode, members of H.E.A.T. are cast into an apocalyptic future in which Godzilla and the mutations of Earth have been exterminated by genetically engineered monsters called D.R.A.G.M.A.s, and must travel back to the present in order to prevent this. In another, Godzilla mates with a female mutant Komodo dragon named Komodithrax and becomes the surrogate father to her unborn offspring while clashing with a Giant Turtle.
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Audu Paden, Frank Squillace, Tim Elderd, Sam Liu, Alan Caldwell, Christopher Berkeley, Nathan Chew, Sean Song, David Hartman, Brad Rader, Andy Tohm
- Written by Robert N.Skir, Marty Isenberg, Richard Mueller, Steve Perry, Steven Melching, Len Wein, Michael Reaves, Marv Wolfman, Neil Ruttenberg, Steve Hayes, Harry Kloor, Barry Hawkins, Brooks Watchel, Marsha Griffin, Craig Miller, Greg Pincus, Tom Pugsley, Greg Klein, Andrew Deutsch, Scott Lobdell, Mark Hoffmeier, Janna Kang Kalichman, Steve Cuden, George Melrod, Jeff Wynne, Lara Runnels, Patti Carr, Robin Russin, William Stout, Carl Ellsworth, Rodney Gibbs, Angel Dean Lopez
- Executive producer Jeff Kline, Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin
- Produced by Audu Paden
- Music by Jim Latham
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Ian Ziering as Dr. Nick Tatopolous [40 episodes]
- Malcolm Danare as Dr. Mendel Craven [40 episodes]
- Rino Romano as Randy Hernandez [40 episodes]
- Charity James as Dr. Elsie Chapman [40 episodes]
- Brigitte Bako as Monique Dupre [39 episodes]
- Tom Kenny as N.I.G.E.L. [28 episodes], Bill [2 episodes]
- Kevin Dunn as Major Anthony Hicks [20 episodes]
- Paget Brewster as Audrey Timmonds [11 episodes]
- Joe Pantoliano as Victor "Animal" Palotti [8 episodes]
- David Newsom as Cameron Winter [3 episodes]
- Bob Joles as Hank [2 episodes]
- Michael Lerner as Mayor Ebert [3 episodes]
- Nicholas Guest as Chad Gordon [2 episodes]
- Keith Szarabajka as Philippe Roaché [2 episodes]]
- Ronny Cox as Dale [2 episodes]
- Linda Blair as Alexandra Springer [1 episode]
- Steve Susskind as Sidney Walker [1 episode]
- Tate Donovan as Lawrence Cohen
- Kenneth Mars as Alexander Preloran
- Clancy Brown as Maximillian Speil [1 episode]
- Roddy McDowall as Dr. Hugh Trevor [1 episode]
- Jesse Corti as Paul Dimanche
- Michael Chiklis as Colonel Charles Tarrington
- Dorian Harewood as Tobias Wilson
- Nick Jameson as Dr. Jonathan Insley [1 episode]
- Stuart Pankin as Milo Sanders
- Maggie Macmillan as Susan Sanders
- Susan Eisenberg as Dr. Candace Kirk
- Page Leong as Dr. Yukiko Ifukube / Tomoko
- James Horan as Professor Kasam
- Dennis Haysbert as General Ekwensi
- Ron Perlman as Leviathan Aliens [4 episodes]
- Frank Welker as Godzilla, Chameleon, Nanotech Creature, Armillaria
Japanese dub
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Kenyu Horiuchi as Dr. Nick Tatopoulos
- Miho Yamada as Monique Dupre
- Yuko Kobayashi as Dr. Elsie Chapman
- Nobuaki Fukuda as Dr. Mendel Craven
- Eiji Ito as Randy Hernandez
- Akimitsu Takase as N.I.G.E.L.
- Tomomichi Nishimura as Major Anthony Hicks
- Atsuko Tanaka as Audrey Timmonds
- Toshihiko Kojima as Mayor Ebert
- Mika Kanai as Meg
- Rica Matsumoto as Alexandra Springer
Episodes
AppearancesDiscovery Zone attractionIn late 1998, the American children's entertainment chain Discovery Zone introduced new laser tag arenas to their stores based on Godzilla: The Series, called Godzilla Laser Adventure.[1] The arenas included prints of monsters from the series, such as Godzilla and a Mutant Rat, along with a cityscape decorating the various walls and barricades. There were also points on the wall you could shoot, presumably for more points, such as one that glowed with a green star on the back of the Mutant Rat. It is unknown how many of the arenas were still available, if any, when Discovery Zone went out of business in December 2001. ReceptionDespite the negative reaction to the film on which it was based, Godzilla: The Series garnered surprisingly positive reactions from fans and it did well in the TV ratings. The series received praise for its portrayal of Godzilla, who unlike his parent from the film was given many of the character's traditional characteristics from the Toho films such as his fearless attitude and personality, heightened physical strength and durability, and his trademark atomic breath. The series was also recognized for retaining the tone and storytelling style of the Showa Godzilla films, featuring a heroic Godzilla battling a host of enemy monsters and even alien invaders. The series' human characters and their dynamics were also well-regarded, especially in comparison to their counterparts from the film. Gallery
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Trivia
See alsoReferencesThis is a list of references for Godzilla: The Series. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
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